"Kaijun, I invited you here because I want you to help me find a way to reconcile my parents... What do you mean by asking me to persuade them to divorce?"
Even if Yan Kai had saved her before, Mao Lilan couldn't help but feel a little angry when she looked at Yan Kai when she heard Yan Kai's proposal to divorce Mao Li Kogoro and Fei Miles.
Family harmony has been Mao Lilan's biggest wish in the past ten years, but Yan Kai wants Mao Li Kogoro and Feili to divorce. How can Mao Lilan accept this?
"Ah, I understand! Junior, you want to use the divorce trick to get Uncle Li to apologize to Aunt Miles, right?"
Kasumigaoka Shiyu said suddenly.
"Yes, it turns out you can still use this trick!" Suzuki Sonoko also nodded desperately, "Uncle Maori likes Aunt Miles so much. If he divorces Aunt Miles, he will be extremely anxious, let alone apologize to Aunt Miles. Now, let him do whatever he wants!"
"Is that so?"
Mao Lilan looked at Yan Kai and expected Yan Kai to say "yes".
"Of course not. I really feel that divorce is the best option if I want to break the deadlock between the two of us."
Yan Kai said bluntly.
Snapped!
Kasumigaoka Shiu and Suzuki Sonoko both slapped their foreheads with their hands.
Gan, I helped you find the steps to get off, why did you still screw them up?
"Classmate Yan Kai, please explain clearly what you mean by this!"
Even the good-tempered Mao Lilan was really angry now.
Yes, anyone would be angry if they heard that someone asked their parents to divorce. Especially Mao Lilan misses the harmonious and happy family where her parents were present.
"Xiaolan, listen to me first." Yan Kai told Mao Lilan not to be angry and listen to his explanation slowly.
"What do you think is the biggest reason for your parents' separation?"
Yan Kai asked Mao Lilan before explaining.
"Of course it's because of anger!"
Mao Lilan said without hesitation.
Both of them have very strong personalities, and even if they want to reconcile, they can't hide their shame. This is why this farce has continued for ten years.
"That was at the beginning, but why should you be so angry for ten years? They are still separated now because they have realized that there are irreconcilable problems in their relationship."
Yan Kai said to Mao Lilan.
"What's the problem?"
Mao Lilan asked.
She always believed that Mouri Kogoro and Feili loved each other, and as long as this feeling existed, no matter how many problems they had, it would not be a problem.
"The issue of wage and income disparity and social status disparity."
Yan Kai raised two very cold and very realistic questions.
"ah?"
Mao Lilan was stunned. In her opinion, her parents' problems were emotional problems. Why did Yan Kai raise two such realistic questions at the beginning?
"Xiaolan..." Yan Kai saw Mao Lilan's reaction and knew that Mao Lilan had never thought about these issues. He slowly explained, "Once, your father was an outstanding criminal policeman and became a police officer at a young age. Supplement, judging from the standards of the quasi-professional group, it can be said that the future is promising. I can't say for sure about the salary, but I remember that the monthly salary of the Japanese police is about 300,000 yen, and the final and diligence allowances twice a year are also Equivalent to four or five months' monthly salary, plus other benefits, the annual income should be 5 to 6 million yen, which is above average in Japan, and will rise steadily with seniority. Looking at your mother, your mother is getting married Later, in order to raise you, I gave up the opportunity to work and became a full-time wife with zero income. All the family income depends on your father, who is the undisputed head of the family."
"But all this changed after your mother started working. Your mother is engaged in lawyer work. A top student like your mother who graduated from the Tokyo University Law Department, even if she just joined the job, her monthly salary will be more than 400,000 yen. Already It’s higher than your father’s monthly salary.”
"But so what!"
Mao Lilan frowned, she didn't believe that such a small thing would change her parents' feelings.
"It was indeed fine at the time. The two couples, one policeman and one lawyer, may not be a good story in the future, but the problem is, your father is unemployed!" Yan Kai said, spreading his hands.
"..."
Mao Lilan was silent.
The period when her father just lost his job is indeed a memory that Mao Lilan is reluctant to recall. You must know that unemployment in Japan is a very serious matter, serious enough to destroy a family, especially at that time Feili had just left home. After running away, Mouri Kogoro took care of Mourilan while struggling to find a job. At that time, Moori Kogoro looked very haggard.
Seeing Mao Lilan's silence, Yan Kai continued to say to her regardless of what she was thinking: "If you say something you don't like to hear, maybe it's because you ran away from home that your mother took off in her career without the burden of the family. of."
Mao Lilan's face darkened, Kasumigaoka Shiyu quickly pulled Yan Kai down and whispered: "Junior, stop talking!"
Yan Kai shook his head slightly: "I know Xiaolan loves her parents very much, but that's the case. There are some things that I must make clear."
"Lawyer seems to be a very decent job, leisurely and easy, and the income is good, but it is a well-known lawyer. New lawyers are very busy. In law firms, simple and oily cases are assigned to senior and experienced lawyers. A well-known lawyer, or a lawyer with connections. Your mother is a new lawyer. Although she has a good academic background, she has no connections behind her. I guess she can only take those boring and troublesome jobs that others are not willing to take. And then From these jobs, I gradually accumulate work experience and reputation. It is common to be so busy that I forget the time. I often organize information and read legal provisions all day long. I drink coffee when I feel sleepy. After drinking the coffee, if it still doesn’t work, I scratch the table. Squint for a while, then resume your previous work when you wake up, forgetting three meals, and turning day and night upside down. Only by surviving this kind of life can a new lawyer have his own place in the legal world. If there is a family burden... I'm sorry. , please allow me to use the word drag here. If there is family drag, Xiaolan, let me ask you, can your mother still be known as the 'Undefeated Queen of the Legal World'?"
Yan Kai asked Mao Li Landao.
Mao Lilan's face became more and more ugly.
"Xiaolan, although these words may be cruel to you, I still want to say that if Aunt Miles had not separated from Uncle Maori, then I think she would be just a gold medal lawyer in a large law firm at most. There is absolutely no way To set up her own business and establish a law firm with a good reputation in the industry, it can be said that it is precisely because of this farce-like separation that she became the 'undefeated queen of the legal world' and Feili became what she is today."
Yan Kai's words made Mao Lilan's heart sink to the bottom, because she... couldn't refute it at all!
After Mouri Kogoro and Fei Miles separated, Fei Miles even got angry and didn't want to see Mao Li Lan, but she would still ask Mao Lilan to meet out once a month. But even for this monthly meeting, Fei Miles would always call. From time to time, either the client has something to ask, or a colleague asks Feili about legal issues.
Although Mao Lilan was very considerate and not strange, she also knew how busy her mother was.
After Mao Lilan thought for a while, she suddenly said happily: "However, my mother's office is now on track and her career has stabilized. She is no longer as busy as before, so she can now take care of her family and career. !”
"It's true, but this just makes another problem more acute." Yan Kai nodded, and then continued, "Given Aunt Miles' current reputation in the industry and the operation of her law firm, she is now His annual income is at least 50 million yen. This is still the apparent income. I will not calculate the hidden income, but it should not be lower than the apparent income. And what about Uncle Mori?"
"Well...my father can sometimes earn hundreds of thousands of yen from a single job, and his income is not fixed!" Faced with Yan Kai's question, Mao Lilan was more concerned about her father's face and chose the one that sounded good. speak.
"How many times a month can you have this kind of job?"
Yan Kai looked at Mao Li Landao.
Mao Lilan lowered his head.
How many times a month? It should be said that it is rare to encounter it once a year!
Just because Mouri Kogoro's income is very unstable and he always spends money lavishly, especially money that has no return at all on betting on horses, playing pinball, and playing mahjong, Moori Detective Agency often cannot make ends meet. Otherwise, Mao Lilan wouldn't be so sensitive to things like what days of the week and what products are on sale in nearby supermarkets.
Yan Kai was not aggressive, but continued: "Actually, the period of separation was the best time for your parents to reconcile, but one of them was busy with work, and the other was busy resigning and finding another job. And they were both angry and missed this best opportunity. After the two of them were angry and their work and life stabilized, some very real problems were placed in front of them."
"Before the separation, your father was an excellent policeman with a bright future, and your mother was a newly minted lawyer. Their income and social status were almost equal, and their work could even complement each other. It was indeed very harmonious. But now, your father is just a low-income lawyer. You are an unknown detective whose main business is investigating extramarital affairs, and your mother is a famous lawyer who is flourishing in the legal profession. There is a huge difference in income and social status between the two. It can be said that people from two worlds are different. It’s not too much. If it weren’t for our childhood sweethearts, if it wasn’t for that marriage, if it wasn’t for you, Xiaolan, I think it would be difficult for the two of them to have any intersection..."
"Oh, not really. If they are the plaintiff's lawyer and the defendant, it is quite possible for the two of them to meet."
Although the private detective industry is legal in Japan, stealing other people's privacy is still illegal. The scale in between is not well understood. Even if Mouri Kogoro is entrusted to investigate others, he may still be accused. .
Yan Kai thought for a while and said.
Glancing at the three girls around him, Yan Kai said to them very seriously: "I won't talk to you about the equality of men and women, nor will I talk to you about political correctness. I will only tell you the reality. The reality is that Japan is a In a society dominated by men, women’s status is lower than men. Even if women perform the same work, their income is only 70% of men’s. If I am wrong, you are welcome to slap me in the face!”
The three of them were silent. Even Kasumigaoka Shiyu, who usually liked to quarrel with Yan Kai, remained silent at this time because they all knew very well that what Yan Kai said was absolutely correct.
Yes, Japan has legislation to protect women’s rights, and it even mandates how many female members must be in the cabinet, but this just shows that women’s status in Japan is underground. If not, why is there special legislation to protect it?
The law is meant to protect the weak. The more common a behavior is in society, the more detailed the relevant laws will be. The various detailed protection bills for women just show that in Japan, women are subject to all kinds of exploitation and oppression. .
"In such a social atmosphere, it is basically difficult for a man to tolerate his spouse being better than him in terms of salary income and social status, especially Uncle Maori. Although I have only met him a few times, I can tell that he is a A very typical Japanese male chauvinist, he cannot tolerate this kind of thing. Do you think it is very easy for Uncle Maori to apologize to Aunt Miles? I can tell you very clearly, if Aunt Miles lives now If she is down and out, then Uncle Maoli will definitely apologize to Aunt Miles without hesitation and take her home. But the fact is that Aunt Miles is now so dazzling that Uncle Maori feels dazzled even if he looks at her more. Apologizing to Aunt Miles is equivalent to Depriving Uncle Maori of his last dignity as a man, he would rather die than bow his head first. If there is any possibility of saving the marriage between the two now, it would be Aunt Miles putting down all her dignity and taking the initiative to apologize to Uncle Maori, completely satisfying Maori Only after the uncle's male self-esteem has improved, Uncle Maori can accept Aunt Miles. However, if Aunt Miles really does this, even if the two can reconcile in a short time, the fundamental problem between the two has not been resolved. After living together, the two Conflicts continue to accumulate in daily life, and in the end the goodwill between the two may be wiped out. In this way, the relationship between the two is really over, so I suggest that they let Divorce as soon as possible before you start hating each other."
Yan Kai pushed up his glasses and said.
Kasumigaoka Shiu and Suzuki Sonoko were stunned. They had never thought about this problem before, but they had to say that what Yan Kai said was harsh, but very true.
"But, even so, I still hope that my parents can be together...and, I know, my parents still have feelings for each other. Once the other party encounters something, they are even more anxious than the other party. I don't care about this. knew!"
Mao Lilan said excitedly.
"Yes, I believe this." Yan Kai nodded, "But this has nothing to do with the two of them being together. Caring about each other does not mean that you have to completely abandon yourself to accommodate the other person. All I can think of is that Aunt Miles knows your father. How can it be that she can’t figure it out after all these years? It’s just that she doesn’t want to give in.”
"No one is willing to accommodate the other. This is the biggest problem in the marriage of Uncle Maori and Aunt Miles, and for now, this problem is unsolvable."
Yan Kai looked at Mao Li Landao.
"..."
Mao Lilan was silent again.
